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Qualitative Differences in Learning Disabilities across Postsecondary Institutions
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Weis, Robert; Sykes, Lauryn; Unadkat, Devanshi – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Many college students receiving accommodations for specific learning disability (SLD) do not meet objective criteria for the disorder. Furthermore, whether students meet criteria depends on the diagnostic decision model used by their clinician. The authors examined whether the relationship between diagnostic model and likelihood of meeting…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Qualitative Research, Postsecondary Education, Psychoeducational Methods
Learning Disabilities or Difference: A Critical Look at Issues Associated with the Misidentification and Placement of Hispanic Students in Special Education Programs
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Fletcher, Todd V.; Navarrete, Lori A. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 2011
A new generation of Hispanic students are at risk due to inadequacies in our educational system. The inadequacies which include lack of prepared teachers and misuse of testing and assessment procedures impact special education programs, in particular, when one examines practices relative to Latino students in the area of learning disabilities. The…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Hispanic American Students, Student Placement, Disability Identification
Characteristics of LD Students in Iowa: An Empirical Investigation.
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Cone, Thomas E.; And Others – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1985
The article logs descriptive demographic and psychometric data on 1,839 randomly selected learning disabled students from across Iowa. In contrast to the results of other studies, nearly 75 percent of the students in Iowa LD programs met a moderate level of academic discrepancy. Variability was found among the standard scores for the achievement…
Descriptors: Demography, Disability Identification, Learning Disabilities, State Surveys
Survey of Classroom Teachers of Children Aged 5-14 Years in Vancouver City.
Nichol, Hamish – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1980
Teachers estimated the prevalence of emotional and learning disorders in 51,739 children aged 5 to 14 years in Vancouver City. A mean rate of identification of 8.2 percent of children in public schools was found. Boys preponderated substantially over girls except for those aged 14 years. (Author)
Descriptors: Demography, Disability Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances
The Influence of Sociodemographics and Gender on the Disproportionate Identification of Minority Students as Having Learning Disabilities.
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Coutinho, Martha J.; Oswald, Donald P.; Best, Al M. – Remedial and Special Education, 2002
A study involving 4,141 schools investigated gender and race/ethnicity disproportionality among students identified as having learning disabilities. There was a clear association between ethnicity and gender and the odds of being identified as a student with learning disabilities. School sociodemographic factors also associated with the proportion…
Descriptors: Classification, Demography, Disability Identification, Educational Discrimination
The Characteristics of Learning Disabled and Other Handicapped Students Referred for Evaluation in the State of Iowa.
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Wilson, Lonny; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1986
Demographic data, IQ, achievement, perceptual-motor, behavior ratings, and diagnostic classification (learning, mental, emotional disability or no handicap) were analyzed for all children (N=2002) referred for complete psychological evaluation during one school year in Iowa. Learning disabled children showed a distinct pattern different from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Demography, Disabilities
State Disparities in the Diagnosis and Placement of Pupils with Learning Disabilities.
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Lester, Gillian; Kelman, Mark – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1997
This study compared state disparities in the diagnosis of students with learning disabilities. It found that state prevalence of learning disability was moderately explained by demographic and sociopolitical factors (unlike four common physical disabilities) and that these same factors strongly predicted the extent of mainstreaming and the size of…
Descriptors: Demography, Disability Identification, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education